{"id":8436,"date":"2015-09-03T05:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T09:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=8436"},"modified":"2015-09-03T05:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T09:30:27","slug":"hundred-word-reviews-for-september-part-4-of-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/03\/hundred-word-reviews-for-september-part-4-of-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 4 of 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More quickie reviews today. Some familiar names, some not-so-well-known ones. All worth a spin.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/wetton_minute.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00SHTGZHS&amp;asins=B00SHTGZHS&amp;linkId=UYMXM55IHGBDQIKA&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>John Wetton \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>New York Minute<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThis disc \u2013 recorded live at New York City&#8217;s Iridium in fall 2013 \u2013 has an odd, busman&#8217;s holiday quality about it. Though Wetton is pictured with a guitar, on the record he&#8217;s just singing. He&#8217;s backed by <strong>The Les Paul Trio<\/strong>, an outfit named not for who&#8217;s in it, but instead for the man who founded it. Save for a couple of tracks, this set finds Wetton covering other people&#8217;s songs. <strong>Steely Dan<\/strong>, <strong>Marvin Gaye<\/strong>, <strong>The Beach Boys<\/strong>, <strong>Traffic<\/strong>, <strong>Dylan<\/strong> by way of <strong>Hendrix<\/strong>, and <strong>The Beatles<\/strong> all get the treatment. It&#8217;s good, but it does feel a bit&#8230;pointless.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/brokeoffs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B0144R8RW2&amp;asins=B0144R8RW2&amp;linkId=MKUTTLQULJUSTM7I&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>Coulda Shoulda Woulda<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThis is Golightly&#8217;s <em>other<\/em> 2015 album; her solo-billed <em>Slowtown Now!<\/em> is wonderfully eclectic and recommended. Here with her band (and <strong>Lawyer Dave<\/strong>) she&#8217;s less stylistically varied but an equally rewarding listen. Golightly&#8217;s a kindred spirit with such names as <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=3589\"><strong>Wanda Jackson<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>The Cramps<\/strong>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=7461\"><strong>JD McPherson<\/strong><\/a>. Imagine if rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll hadn&#8217;t splintered and \u201cevolved\u201d into myriad forms, and <em>Coulda Shoulda Woulda<\/em> might give clues to how it would sound today: full of c&amp;w&#8217;s lyricism, and rock&#8217;s energy. The delightfully \u201clive\u201d mix suits the songs perfectly, and Golightly&#8217;s humor is never far from the surface (check \u201cApartment 34\u201d for evidence).<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/mick_abrahams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right; padding: 10px; width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00RD4EZX4&amp;asins=B00RD4EZX4&amp;linkId=NRY2PDEHM3J7CFZD&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Mick Abrahams \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>Revived!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nQuick question: who was the guitarist in <strong>Jethro Tull<\/strong>? Answer: <strong>Martin Barre<\/strong>. Right? Well&#8230;yes. But the original axeman in <strong>Ian Anderson<\/strong>&#8216;s folk-prog group was none other than <strong>Mick Abrahams<\/strong>. In those days Tull was a bluesier outfit; it was disagreement over the group&#8217;s musical direction that led to Abrahams&#8217; exit. <em>Revived!<\/em> is a 17-track set (plus bonus DVD) that features Abrahams and a passel of musical pals (including Barre, <strong>Bill Wyman<\/strong>, <strong>Bernie Marsden<\/strong> and others. It&#8217;s a varied set that recalls Wyman&#8217;s solo work more than anything else, most notably on a cover of <strong>Lieber\/Stoller<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Coasters<\/strong> classic \u201cWhat About Us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/anton_fig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"float: right; padding:10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00006594X&#038;asins=B00006594X&#038;linkId=BBEXH45SJDTKD6JG&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Anton Fig \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>Figments<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Anton Fig<\/strong> is an in-demand drummer best known as a longtime member of <strong>Paul Shaffer<\/strong>&#8216;s band on <strong>David Letterman<\/strong>&#8216;s TV program. In 2002 he recorded and released a solo album (newly reissued in 2015), <em>Figments<\/em>, featuring a selection of guests from his (no doubt) ample Rolodex. Fig plays other instruments besides drums, but the passel of guests gives the disc most of its character. Very much of its time, <em>Figments<\/em> sounds a bit like a <strong>Mike + the Mechanics<\/strong> disc. Players include <strong>Blondie Chaplin<\/strong>, <strong>Sebastian Bach<\/strong>, <strong>Ace Frehley<\/strong>, <strong>Chris Spedding<\/strong>, Shaffer (naturally!), <strong>Randy Brecker<\/strong>, <strong>Chip Taylor<\/strong>, and many, <em>many<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/caddy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" vspace=\"20\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Caddy \u2013 <\/strong><em><strong>The Better End<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nDreamy, gauzy, vaguely shoegazey pop <em>a la<\/em> <strong>Teenage Fanclub<\/strong> crossed with <strong>The Church<\/strong> is the order of the day on <em>The Better End<\/em>. Less densely textured than either of those groups, the music is nonetheless well-crafted and immediately likable. For all intents and purposes, <strong>Caddy<\/strong> is <strong>Tomas Dahl<\/strong>, with the occasional guest vocalist. Dahl is Norwegian, but you&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find any trace of a Nordic accent in his vocals. The melancholy ambience of the songs is redolent of <strong>Starling Electric<\/strong>, full of shimmering guitars and ringing chords that hang in the air. Available only from Kool Kat Musik. 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